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Eating rock bass?

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vt-jig:
i guess ill have to keep a couple and give it a try!

fishfeind:
I eat them when there big enough.

big bobber:

--- Quote from: Mad_Dog on Feb 14, 2013, 02:32 PM ---Rock bass are a sunfish. Here in Ontario they aren't even mentioned in the regs book, no season or limit. Check out your book in Michigan, you could probably keep them if you like. I've had them mixed with walleye and largemouth in a fry, you couldn't tell the difference.just checked...open all year.but same limit as gills/sunnies...25 mixed bag of any kind.


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slipperybob:
Big Rock Bass still have rather small filet meat.  The fish has a large skeletal structure to include large ribs and rib cage cavity space.  The typical 9 to 10 inches long Rock Bass yields a fillet close to that of a 6 to 7 inch Bluegill.  The fillet on the Bluegill will probably still be thicker. 

In summertime warm waters the meat always taste mushy like that of Smallmouth Bass.  In wintertime cold waters they aren't so bad. 

filetandrelease:
 
 I have eaten loads of them through the ice
 

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